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(No Model.) v F. SOHELP, Jr.

, SPRING FOR TWO WHEELED VEHICLES. No. 285,167.

Patented Sept. 18 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED SGHELP, JR., OF BALLWIN, MISSOURI.

. SPRING FOR TWQ-WHEELED VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 285,167, dated September 18,1883.

' Application filed May 3, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED SoHELr, Jr., of Ballwin, St. Louis county, Missouri, have made anew and useful Improvement in Two- Wheel-Vehicle Springs, of which the "following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this"specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved 1o spring, and Fig. 2 aview in perspective,

The sameletters of reference denote the same parts.

These improved springs are used in' pairs, the springs being arranged, respectively, at

each side of the cart-body, and being shaped and extended as follows: Beginning at the crossbar A, to which. the forward end, I), of the spring B is attached, the spring B extends thence backward, curving at first slightly 2o downward, then gradually rising, passing the cart-axle Oat a considerable elevation above the axle, and thence curving backward and downward and forward, somewhat like a C- spring, and at its rear end, 11, being attached to the cart-axle. The cart-body (indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 1) D is attached to the springs at or near their highest elevation.

The improvement further relates to the composition of the springs. To provide for carrying either one or two persons with equal ease, each spring B is substantially made in two parts, B and B At the forward end, I),

of the spring both. parts are jointed to the cross-bar; but between the point of attachment to the crossbar and the point I)", at which the 3 5 cart-body is attached to the spring, the parts B and B" open apart from each other, substantially as shown, and in rear of the point If thepart'sB B again diverge from each other, and the end If of the part B is fastened to the 0 top of the axle C, and the end b of the part B is jointed to the under side of the cart-axle. Making the spring thus in two parts enables the load to be varied-that is, one or two persons can be carried.

I claim 1. The herein-described spring, the same consisting of the parts B B connected at the forward end of the spring, connected at the point If, and at the rear end of the spring sep- 50 arated, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the spring B and the axle C, said spring having its ends Z) Z) attached, respectively, to the top and bottom of the axle, substantially as described.

FRED SCHELP, JR.

Witnesses:

O. D. MooDY, Tnos. L. J ONES. 

